Maternity-garment



W (m mi Patented Mar. 29, 1921.

PATENT OFFICE.

ANNIE PBOKESCHI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MATERNITY-GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 31211229, 1921.

Application filed March 2, 1920. Serial No. 362,691.

To (all whom 2'25 may concern lle it known that I, ANNIE PnoKnsoH, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at New York city,county and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Maternity-Garments, of which the following is a full,clear, and enact description.

This invention relates to improvements'in maternity garments, one of theobjects of the invention being to provide a maternity gown or dressarranged so that the front of the skirt portion can be lengthened tosuit conditions incident to the maternal period. In other words, myimproved gown is arranged at the front thereof in a manner to permit theskirt portion, at the front, to be raised or lowered, as the maternalperiod changes, so as to maintain the gown, at the bottom at an evenheight. To accomplish this result, I split the gown at the waist portionfor about one half the circumference of the gown at said waist portion,the jacket or waist portion of the gown being open at the front andprovided with fastening means such as hooks and eyes, buttons, or otherfastening clemeats. its the skirt portion of the gown is attached to thejacket portion only at the sides and rear thereof, the said front portion of the skirt can be raised or lowered to suit conditions. Both thejacket portion, at the sides and front thereof, and the skirt portion atits sides and front, are provided with an elastic insert, therebyrendering the said portions yieldable and adapted to accommodatethemselves to the varying size conditions incident to the maternalperiod.

A further feature of improvement resides in the nrovision of an outergarment arranged to conceal the adj ustable garment, that is to say, thegreater part thereof, said outer garment being attached to theadjustable garment at the neck portion theroo f.

In the drawing, which forms part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved gown, the outer garment beingindicated by dotted lines; and

Fig. 2 is a side view, illustrating the adjustable gown and outergarment as they would appear should the outer garment be slipped off theadjustable garment.

As herein indicated my improvement consists of an adjustable garment 3and an outer garment 4 sewed or otherwise connected at the neck 9portion, as indicated by 5 in Fig. The adjustable or under garmentconsists of a jacket portion 6 and a skirt portion 7 secured togetheronly at the rear of the garment as indicated by S in Fig. 2. The gowncan, of course, be made out of one p1ece, in which case the back thereofwould not consist of secured together parts, but in any event the frontof the gown, at the waist portion 9, will be split or open, as indicatedby 10. The split portion 10 will extend preferably from one side 11 ofthe gown to the other side 12, at the front oil course.

The jacket portion (3 of the gown will be open as at 13 and providedwith fastening elements, indicated by 14;. The jacket poi tion 6 will befurther provided with sleeves 15. The edges of the horiz'sontally s )litportion 10 of the gown will be provided with an elastic insert,indicated by dotted lines 16, that is to say, the edges of the skirtportion; hence this portion of the gownwill yield and accommodate itselfto different sizes at this region of the wearer. The skirt will be splitvertically as at l? and provided with fastening elements 18. The lowerportion of the jacket 6, adjacent the split por' tion 10 will beprovided with elastic inserts, indicated by 19; hence this portion ofthe gown will accommodate itself to different sizes at the waist region.of the wearer. loth the jacket and skirt portions are yieldable only atthe parts thereof which are not secured together; consequently thoseportions can be adjusted independently of each other. ll hen the gown isworn, during the early stage of the maternal period, the skirt pen tionwill be secured to the waist portion by pinning preferably, say forinstance at about the point 20. As necessity requires, the said skirtportion can be lowered, at the front, by securing same (by pinning) topoints lower down. Usually the front of gowns worn during the maternalperiod become raised, thereby presenting an Tmsightly appearance. ith myimproved gown the skirt portion can be lowered, in manner set forth, asnecessity requires; hence the said unsightly appearance can be avoided.As the upper edge of the skirt portion can be stretched, said edges canbe drawn over the abdomen and adjacent portion of the jacket and pinnedto the said jacket. To permit of stretching, the said upper edges of theskirt,

and portions of the jacket having the elastic inserts, will be shirred,as indicated.

In combination with the adjustable garment, I preferably provide aslip-over or outer garment, hereinbefore referred to as 4:. The garmenti will be worn over the adjustable garment to conceal the greater partof same, especially the adjustable portions. The under or adjustablegarment may be made of comparatively inexpensive material while theouter garment may be fanciful, silk for instance, or decorated materialof better quality than the material of the under garment.

Having described my invention, what I claim is r 1. A maternity'garmentconsisting of a jacket portion and a skirt portion connected theretothroughout a portion only of the Waist portion of the garment, theremainder of the waist portion of the garment being open, whereby theskirt, at the front thereof, can be caused to overlie the lower portionof the front of the jacket and be secured thereto at various points, andan elastic insert carried by the skirt at the upper edge thereof.

2. A maternity garment consisting of a jacket portion and a skirtportion connected thereto throughout a portion only of the waist portionof the garment, the remainder of front of the jacket and be securedthereto at various points, an elastic insert carried by the skirt at theupper edge thereof, and an elastic insert carried by the jacket adjacentthe lower edge thereof.

3. A garment consisting of a jacket portion and a skirt portion securedtogether at the sides and back thereof, the remainder of the garmentbeing open, and elastic inserts adjacent the edges of the split or openportion of the garment.

4. In a maternity garment, at waist portion and a skirt portion, the 1'air of the garment being non-adjustable in a vertical line, the front ofsaid garment being arranged for the vertical adjustment of the skirtportion.

5. In a maternity garment, 11 waist portion and a skirt portion, therear of the garment being non-adjustable in a vertical line, the frontof said garment being arranged for the vertical adjustment of the skirtportion, said skirt portion at the waist line being yieldabletransversely thereof.

6. A maternity garment comprising a waist and skirt portion, the frontof the skirt portion being arranged for adjustment vertically relativelyto the waist portion.

Signed at New York city, N. Y., this 27 day of February, 1920.

ANNIE PROKESCH.

'Vlitnesses l\iL .noUs L. CHASIUS, Mlrumon BLOCK.

